Hours Update: July 4th Holiday

Archer Library will be closed, 

Monday, July 4th 

Summer hours will resume on Tuesday, July 5th.  A complete listing of library hours and updates is available on our website.

Bloomsday: Celebrating Ulysses by James Joyce

June 16^th is Bloomsday! What is Bloomsday? 

It is a celebration of the novel Ulysses by James Joyce which all takes place on Thursday, June 16^th 1904 in Dublin, Ireland and is named for the central character, Leopold Bloom.

The first celebration of Bloomsday in Ireland was 1954 for the 50^th anniversary, and continues to this day with special visits to the places mentioned in the novel. But people around the world celebrate Bloomsday too, with people dressing up as characters from the book, hosting readings, re-enactments, and performances, as well as creating food and drink from the book.

Celebrators (1999), image from Wikipedia

Importance of Ulysses

The book itself was published February 2, 1922 by Sylvia Beach through her bookstore Shakespeare and Company in Paris. In the 100 years since its publication, Ulysses has been celebrated and censored, banned and cherished. Banned on obscenity charges while still in draft chapters and again in a 1928 US Customs trial, the book afterwards was seized at US customs and burned because it “might cause American readers to harbor "impure and lustful thoughts".” This ban was challenged in court and lifted in 1934; the free speech arguments in defense of Ulysses in that landmark case have shaped the subsequent debates about literature’s rights to freedom of expression to this day.

The Archer Library is lucky to have a copy from this first seized 1922 run of Ulysses in our Special Collections seen here

1922 copy of Ulysses - Archer Library Special Collections

And while we can’t read from it for Bloomsday, we are excited to enjoy the celebration of the James Joyce’s work 100 years later. Let us know how you plan to celebrate Bloomsday, or your thoughts on this epic noel by James Joyce!

To learn more about Bloomsday here are some of the official websites: 

https://jamesjoyce.ie/bloomsday/ (James Joyce Center)

http://www.bloomsdayfestival.ie/ (Festival page)

https://www.ireland.com/en-us/things-to-do/events/bloomsday-festival/ (Ireland’s tourism page)
 

Want to read the book yourself?

Read the book here: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300

Listen to the audio book here: https://archive.org/details/Ulysses-Audiobook

First page of Ulysses (1922 edition)

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Library Instruction • Welcome

The Archer Library Instruction Program guide is a your gateway to course integrated library instruction sessions. Here you will find information about library instruction session types, instruction support provided by library guides, information literacy Framework, library instruction assessment, and meet Archer Library's instruction librarians.

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What's here? When exploring this guide, you will find forms for requesting library instruction sessions and/or an Archer Library Guide. Further reading includes resources focused on the value impact of academic libraries, information literacy instruction, and overall student success. 

Course Integrated Library Instruction

In-person instruction is held in the Bernice Faber Baker Active Learning Lab, located on the main floor of Archer Library.

Synchronous and asynchronous library instruction, including video tutorials and recorded live sessions, is available using Zoom and Blackboard Learn. Instruction librarians will work with faculty to determine the best way to support online library instruction sessions.

Librarians are available to collaborate with instructors. We will work with you to design instruction sessions and assignments that support your course learning outcomes and the information literacy framework. 

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